Given the beating the Saints gave Favre, I'm not surprised he's still incapable of getting off the mat and mixing it up. Maybe in a few weeks or months, but it sounds like the ankle needs more than 60 days to recover, if it ever will.

Earlier today, we pointed out that Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody had passed a conditioning test. One of the wiseguys in the crowd responded by pointing out that he didn't realize Cody had eaten a conditioning test.

Good one. I still think Cody will be a beast, though maybe not this season of course. Like our Thomas, I think he'll only be used for 25ish snaps/game this season, likely rushing downs where he can stay reasonably fresh and focused.

This conditioning test stuff is interesting. Looks to be a standard test accross various teams. However some teams, Ravens and Giants for instance, seem to require it for all guys entering camp, teams like the redskins only make those who missed most of the offseason stuff (or maybe the rule is just at the whim of the HC).

"...on the first live-tackling play of training camp Tuesday," New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas "fumbled the football on a hit from safety Roman Harper and fell to the ground in obvious pain at the start of a red-zone drill. Favoring the wrist, Thomas was taken to the locker room a few minutes later."

Saints coach Sean Payton said he believed Thomas was fine, "but we'll get an X-ray on it."

This was "The same wrist (that) required offseason surgery following the 2008 season after Thomas dislocated it during a Week 15 game against the Detroit Lions."

Thomas has led the Saints in rushing the past two years. He gained 793 yards while averaging 5.4 yards per carry in 2009 and added 302 receiving yards.

Jacksonville's youth movement on the defensive line has already hit a major roadblock.

The team's third-round pick D'Anthony Smith will undergo surgery for a right Achilles tendon injury, according to Vito Stellino of the Florida Times-Union. If the tendon is torn as expected, that would probably knock Smith out for the 2010 season.

Smith was expected to get significant snaps in a big-bodied rotation behind first-round pick Tyson Alualu and beefy second year player Terrance Knighton.